5.- Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic. What differences do you find between the use of technology by teenagers and by adults? (Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos). ). PRUEBA SELECTIVIDAD MADRID CONVOCATORIA JUN 2014-2015 INGLES. Use or Abuse of Technology People in Britain now spend more time watching TV, gaming, and using their mobile phones and computers than they do sleeping. Research by a British communications agency found that the average UK adult uses technology for eight hours and 41 minutes a day, 20 minutes longer than they spend sleeping. One of the biggest reasons for this is Wi-Fi. People can get online almost anywhere, so they spend more time online. Nowadays, it is very common that people make telephone calls or surf the web while watching television. The study, which examined the use of technology by different age groups, also found that six-year-olds understand how to use gadgets such as tablets and mobile phones at the same level as 45-year-olds. Another finding was that people understand digital technology better when they are 14 or 15. According to Dr. Arthur Cassidy, a social media psychologist, technology is changing the way people communicate with each other. He warned that we are becoming more and more anti-social and we are moving away from face-toface conversations because of technology. He added that people are now saturated with digital technology and are becoming psychologically dependent on their smart phones. Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing cases of Internet and social media addiction among youngsters with problems in mental and physical development. Perhaps we should think of recreational screen time as a form of consumption in the same way that we think of sugar, hours of sun, ... – measured in units of hours per day.
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Technology has got in our society in a way we could have never imagined. Due to this fact, it is not anymore a tool exclusive for some sectors, but almost a need for everyone in a certain way.
Given this, it is a field so important for a huge range of ages nowadays, it has been implemented, embraced by so many people, if we had to establish two different sectors based on their ages, we would have to divide the use of technology between teenagers and adults.
Teenagers use technology for everything, they live infatuated with their phones, iPods and computers, they do really depend on technology, otherwise they feel isolated. Technology has created a serious need on them of being 24/7 connected to the web. On the other hand, most adult use it only as a too, to fulfil tasks on their jobs, taking it as a mere communication device… They don’t seem to have seem dependence on it as teenagers do.
Technology has many uses, it is not only a too, it can be used also for fun, to keep in touch with others and many more; as a society we have to get to a certain point in which it doesn’t create addiction in people (mainly in teenagers) and we don’t give it more important than it has.
PRUEBA DE SELECTIVIDAD MADRID CONVOCATORIA SEPTIEMBRE 2014-2015 INGLES